Be My Own Star Novel Novels & Stories

I reach for the survivors, but my hands are light, gold, *alien*. --- **The Escape** Ravel's voice pierces the void. "Kelly! *Fight!*" I claw my way back, the star's core shredding my essence. The hybrid disintegrates, the bunker collapsing. We emerge at dawn, the star dimmed but not dead. The survivors are silent, their eyes wide. Mira touches my arm. "Your skin..." It glows. --- **The New Threat** The star's light has marked me. The static is gone, replaced by something colder, hungrier.

I wanted to surprise him! However, on the day he left the hospital, I completely lost my sight. "It's alright, Carol. I would never look down on you!" I punched him playfully, laughing so hard that I snorted. "If you ever looked down on me, who else in this world would stick with you until the grave?" "Duh! Carol, you're my favorite!" After the battle, with a little nudge from me, Justin agreed to work with Dynastara. He provided the funding, and Dynastara supplied the technology. Together, they brought countries like Garvos under Dynastara's protection.

Hell no, I didn't know I was going to convince them to buy it, until Mandy spilled when the truck was already loaded. Now I stood there feeling stupid and defeated. No, I wasn't going to be defeated. I wasn't going to let Silas defeat me even before the battle began.

Furious, Casey asked in a trembling voice, "So you really lied to me this entire time? You told me you were the CEO of Apexion Group, that you drove a Maybach, lived in a massive villa, and were a self-made billionaire! "But you're actually just a driver? You're a nobody driver with absolutely nothing to your name?" Hayden hung his head, his voice barely a whisper. "Casey, I'm sorry." "What the hell is an apology going to do?" Casey screamed hysterically. "Do you know what I told my friends? I told them my boyfriend was a CEO and a billionaire! And now you're telling me you're a fucking driver? How am I supposed to look my friends in the eye? How am I supposed to face anyone?"

"Flight 409 to Anchorage is delayed twenty minutes due to maintenance." "Fantastic," I hissed, getting up in frustration. "In a rush to get somewhere?" the man next to me asked. "None of your business." I closed my eyes, just for a second. The failure of the mission tasted like ash. I’d had him in my sights, and I’d let him touch me. I’d let him win. But at least I was free. He was an Alpha, a king in his own territory, but here? In the human world? He couldn't hold me.